Morning all. Pre Mikel Arteta and Edu and pre the single ownership of Arsenal football club, the club was being run in a way that success was very unlikely to come our way. The move to the Emirates hampered our transfer dealings but even when the club did spend money, the gaps in the squad […]
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Morning all. The England women plonked themselves into the history books last night by being the first international team to score eight goals in a Euros competition. A dodgy penalty started the 8-0 rout of Norway, which included a hat-trick from Arsenal’s Beth Mead. The victory means England are through to the quarter-finals as Group […]
Morning all. It seems to be the case in football that if a player doesn’t travel overseas for pre-season fixtures, they’re on their way out of the club. Ronaldo hasn’t travelled with Man Utd, Conte has left four players in England according to the back pages and with Arsenal leaving England for the USA on […]
Morning all. Did you click on the NN headline which at the time of me typing this, sits top of the hits list? To give you a clue, it’s about Thomas Partey. If ever there was a headline aiming for clicks alone, this really was it because there’s absolutely no evidence out there in the […]
Morning all. Jack Wilshere announced his retirement from football yesterday and with it, he made a heartfelt statement to the people who have been part of his journey. From Arsene Wenger, his family, right through to us, the fans and the message he sent out – was thank you. I’ve read many a comment over […]
Morning all. Arsenal are in Germany. The players who’ve returned from their summer break are busy preparing for our second fixture of pre-season. Gabriel Jesus, Matt Turner and Marquinhos were in action were a number of players who could yet see their Arsenal careers come to an end this summer. Bernd Leno is widely reported […]
Morning all. Football, the Euros, England’s women and thankfully, no Phil Neville this time. Sarina Wiegman is the woman hoping to take England all the way to the final of this summer’s tournament and lifting the big trophy with Arsenal’s Leah Williamson as her captain. The Lionesses take on Austria tonight as the Euros kick […]
The Brazilian boys 🙌🇧🇷❤️#Arsenal pic.twitter.com/QQfXwaOAi2 — Arsenal News Channel (@Arsenalnewschan) July 4, 2022 Morning all. Zak Swanson has left Arsenal after signing for Portsmouth. He was one of the academy players who made it into the squad during the last couple of months of last season but it’s clear now that he was just making […]
Morning all. Arsenal kicked off their pre-season with a 5-1 victory over Ipswich at the weekend. Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick with Sambi Lokonga and Flo Balogun scoring the other two. A strong Arsenal team played the first 45 minutes but at half-time, Mikel Arteta turned to the younger players. The result means nothing although […]
Championssssssssss!!!!!!😁🏆 pic.twitter.com/eBrGCNpuPj — Brooke Norton-Cuffy (@brookenc2) July 1, 2022 Afternoon all. What a great achievement for the England Under 19 team. Having gone 1-0 down and under a fair amount of pressure from Israel, a second half equaliser to take the Euros final into extra time. Our young right-back didn’t start the final against Israel […]
Morning all. Paper Talk up first: Arsenal are intending to keep William Saliba at the club next season and are hoping to tie the defender down to a new contract (Daily Mirror). Question marks remain over Hector Bellerin’s future at Arsenal after he returned to training with the Premier League club on Thursday. Atletico Madrid […]
Morning all. I’m not sure whether Ben White would look more at home being frontman for Wet Wet Wet or a stunt double Tommy Shelby but he’s out there on the training pitch and the first to be captured on film ahead of the new season. Our number 4 and possibly our new captain. […]